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Friday December 26, 2003

2003 was a landmark year for genetic research, as scientists finished mapping all the human genes. Dr. White and other scientists predict cures resulting from the Human Genome Project could start trickling in within the next five years.

Friday December 26, 2003

Friday December 26, 2003

As many as 1 million Americans have Parkinsons disease. There are several treatment options for the symptoms of Parkinsons, but they also come with side effects. Now doctors may have found a way to not only treat the symptoms, but also reverse the disease.

Friday December 26, 2003

A group of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute has identified a small synthetic molecule that can induce a cell to undergo dedifferentiation--to move backwards developmentally from its current state to form its own precursor cell.

Thursday December 18, 2003

STANFORD, Calif. - Doctors regularly inject stem cells into patients whose bone marrow has been destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation, but they havent known where these cells go after being injected. Research at the Stanford University School of Medicine has yielded an unexpected answer: when injected into mice, these cells may set up camp in one tissue early on but then move to another location or disappear entirely.